Editing Southeastern Conference (section)

===2012 expansion===
{{See also|2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment}}

On September 25, 2011, the SEC Presidents and Chancellors, acting unanimously, announced that [[Texas A&M University]] would join the SEC effective July 1, 2012, to begin competition in nineteen of the twenty sports sponsored by the SEC during the 2012–13 academic year.<ref>"[http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/228257/texas-am-to-join-southeastern-conference.aspx Texas A&M To Join Southeastern Conference]", SECSports.com (September 25, 2011). Retrieved September 25, 2011.</ref> On November 6, 2011, the SEC commissioner announced that the [[University of Missouri]] would also join the SEC on July 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=University Of Missouri To Join Southeastern Conference|url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/NEWS/tabid/473/Article/229185/university-of-missouri-to-join-southeastern-conference.aspx|access-date=November 6, 2011}}</ref> For football, Texas A&M was scheduled to compete in the Western Division, and Missouri in the Eastern Division.<ref name=washpo-secnewmember20111228>{{cite news|title=SEC's new members Missouri, Texas A&M open league play Sept. 8, Alabama-LSU rematch Nov. 3|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/secs-new-members-missouri-texas-aandm-open-league-play-sept-8-alabama-lsu-rematch-nov-3/2011/12/28/gIQAEqDXMP_story.html|access-date=December 28, 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 28, 2011|agency=Associated Press|quote=Missouri will play the 2012 season in the SEC East and hosts Georgia on Sept. 8. Texas A&M will be in the West and hosts Florida.}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=bhamnews28dec2011>{{cite news|last=Segrest|first=Doug|title=SEC unveils 2012 schedules: Newcomers Missouri, Texas A&M get splashy home debuts|url=http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/12/sec_unveils_2012_schedules.html|access-date=December 28, 2011|newspaper=The Birmingham News|date=December 28, 2011}}</ref><ref name=espn-28dec2011>{{cite news|title=SEC rolls out division-based schedule|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/7396002/sec-rolls-2012-schedule-based-division-play|access-date=December 28, 2011|newspaper=ESPN|date=December 28, 2011|agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name=sportingnewsdecember282011>{{cite news|title=SEC releases schedule with Missouri and Texas A&M|url=http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-12-28/sec-releases-schedule-with-missouri-and-texas-am|access-date=December 28, 2011|newspaper=Sporting News|date=December 28, 2011|archive-date=January 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110064344/http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-12-28/sec-releases-schedule-with-missouri-and-texas-am|url-status=dead}}</ref> Texas A&M and Missouri both left the [[Big 12 Conference]].